Malcolm Turnbull says no plan to raise taxes in budget 2017, rebuffs intervention by Tony Abbott on issue

By Heath Aston
Updated February 18 2017 - 1:08am, first published February 17 2017 - 3:41pm
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Queenstown to meet his New Zealand counterpart Bill English. Photo: POOL
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives in Queenstown to meet his New Zealand counterpart Bill English. Photo: POOL
Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament this week. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament this week. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has slammed the door shut on any increases to tax in the May budget.

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